Cloak-hanger



{No Model.)

vW. BA-RD'SLEY.

. GLOAKHANGER.-

Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICEI.

' \VILLIAM BARDSLEY, OF KEARNEY, NEW JERSEY.

CLOAK-HANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,223, dated February 23, 1892.

Application filed November 14,1890. Serial No. 371,418. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BARDSLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kearney township, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloak- Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cloak-hangers; and it consists in the devices hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a detached edge view of a cloakand looking in the direction of the arrow, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional View of the supporting-bar of the rack constituting a portion of my invention.

In the drawings, Adesignates the supporting-bar of the hanger, which bar is illustrated in Fig. 4 as somewhat oval in shape, being of greater depth than width, and is provided with the groove B along its upper surface. The bar A is also covered with a sheet of metal, preferably brass, lettered G, and this, combined with the form ofbar in cross-section, affords great strength, which is an essential requirement in cloak-houses when'the cloakracks are used to support a great weight of material.

The hangers are letteredD in the drawings and are of suitable form to fit within the shoulders of the cloaks to be supported, and said hangers are suspended from the hub of the wheel F, which is adapted to travel in the groove B, formed in the bar A. The wheel F is provided with the pivotally-journaled wire E, extending downward, and this wire at its lower end either directly receives the hanger D, or, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the lower end of the rod E is formed with the hook G, upon which the hooked rod H of the hanger D may be hung, the two hooks thus engaging each other and leaving the hanger D,with a cloak thereon, capable of ready detachment without disturbing the wheel F.

It will be noted that by means of the construction illustrated in Fig. 2 the present wellknown hangers, such asthat illustrated in Fig. 1 and of which the cloak-houses have presumablya large supply, may be conveniently used in connection with a bar A, wire E, and wheel F.

In the employment of the traveling cloakhangers upon the supporting-bar care must be taken that the compressible nature of the cloth shall not be permitted to elevate the Wheels F from the groove 13, and to this end I provide the bar A with an elevated holdingbar I, as illustrated in Fig. 2,said bar I being the counterpart of the bar A, except that its groove, lettered J, is inverted for the purpose of engaging the opposite edges of the upper portion of the wheel F and thereby preventing said wheel from being unduly elevated or having an undue lateral play.

In view of the fact that the space between the bars A I is less than the diameter of the wheels F, I have provided the bar I with the gate K, through which the wheels F may 'be introduced into the grooves B J and thence moved alongthe bar A to any position desired. It will be apparent that the gate K may be also utilized for the withdrawal of the wheels F from the bar A when desired.

I consider the upper holding-bar I of very great importance, since there isa great tendency on the part of the suspended cloaks to elevate the wheels F clear of the bar A. When the bar I is made use of, it will be apparent that the form of wire E shown in Fig. 1 may be used with great convenience in preference to the form of hanger in which the wire E extends directly from the wheel F to' the hanger D, since the latter device could not be readily removed from the bar A and bar I, while, with the form of wire E shown in Fig. 1, the usual cloak-hangers may be made use of in connection therewith and be readily withdrawn when desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The cloak-hanger consisting of the immovable bars A I, connected to form a frame and having the grooves B J and gate K, combined with the wheels F, held at their upper and lower ed gesin said grooves, and the shoulder-racks D, suspended from the center of said Wheels, substantially as shown and de- 5 scribed.

2. In a, cloak-hanger, the grooved supporting-bar A, combined with the traveling roller F in said grooved bar, the hook G, pivotally suspended from the center of said Wheel, and

[O the shoulder-rack D, having the hooked wire 11 detachably suspended from the hook G, substantially as shown and described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 11th day of November, A. D. 1890.

WILLIAM BARDSLEY. Witnesses:

CHAS. O. GILL, ED. D. MILLER. 

